Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-21
WENT down OFF DOVER
Two Steamers Collide at Night Ten
Miles from Land--l40 Passen-
gers Missing.
The widest Confusion PreVaiIs-The
Life Boats Worthless-PasseBgers
and Crew are PanIc.Striekens
Down Clingfng to Ono Another-De-
scEiptiens by Eye Witnesses.
COLLISION AT SEA,

COLLlSlON Al oBAs
LONDON. Nov. 20.-The Dutch steamer
W. A Scholton, Captain Tool, which left
Rotterdam yesterday for New York,
struck in collision with the steamer Rosa
Mary of Hartlepool at IL o'clock last
night, ten miles off Dover. The ScholtOn
carried complement of 230 passengers
and crew. The steamer Era of Sunder-
land rescued many of the crew and pas
sepgers and landed them at Dover. One
hundred and forty of the passengers are
missing. One passenger and child of
the party brought to Dover were found
dead from exposure. It is hoped that
passing vessels have rescued the missing
ones. The Scholton's masts are visible
from Dover pier. Boats have left Dover
in sill directions for the purpose of saving
life If possible. The Rosa Mary Is anch-
ored Off Ramsgate with her boats stove.
5p. N up to this hour twenty-five
bodies from the W. A. Scholton have been
landed at Dover. The SchoIton left Rot
terdsm Saturday morning. At the scene
of the accident -nse fog prevailed.
The Scholton was struck on her port bow
by the Rosa Mary. Immediately after the
shock was felt the Scholton's passengers,
all of whom bad
RETIRED FOR THE NIGHT,
rushed on deck in their night clothes.
The boats were promptly ordered to be
lowered, ebut 1t was found that only two
were available; the others were useless,
and were not lowered. Water rushed
through the hole in the bow, and a terri
bic scene ensued. The panic stricken
passengers uttered piercing shrieks, and
many fell upon their knees and prayed
aloud. Children chung to their
mothers, who themselves were Shrek
ing with terror. The officers were
cool and self-possessed, and remained
on the bridge to the last. Several
persons procured lifebelts aud lesped
into the sea. Within twenty minutes of
the shock the Scholton was engulfed. All
who had put on lifebelts foated and were
rescued by boats from the Eoro, which
ct1sssd around until O'Clock in the
morning. Many of the rescued lost
wives, husbands, brothers and sisters.
The survivors were
sUPPfTED WITH CLOTHES,
and everything possible was done for
their comfort. The passengers accounts
differ regarding the circumstances of the
collision, and the reports of the officers
of the Scholton clash witt those of the
officers of the Rosa Mary. Some of the
passengers state that the evening merrl-
ment had ceased and most of the passen-
gers had retired, only few remaining in
the saloon, when tremendous crash was
heard on the port bow. They say it is
impossible that the collision could have
occurred by the Scholton's striking
an anchored vessel. Before anything
could be done the Scholton was struck
in the fore rigging and port bow, the sec
ond mate of the Scholton states. The
captain of the Rosa Mary states that his
vessel was run into while unanchored
southeast of Southsand Head
BY AN UNKNOWN STEAMER.
Finding that the Rosa Mary was damaged
he proceeded to Dover Roads. The Rosa
Mary was laden with coal for st. Maxire.
According to the latest report there
were 210 persons on board the Scholton,
leaving 1872 drowned. The first mate and
fourth engineer have been recognized
among..the dead. The Scholton lies four
miles from the Admiralty Pier. Her three
masts are visible. she is in q position
dangerous to navigation. A buoy and
lights have been placed on the wreck.
Among the bodies identified st Dover are
those of
MRS LEBENsTEIN,
HENRY BLANC,
B. FRIEDMAN,
S. GOLDSCHMIDT, and
j KoENLE.
OF the crew are the bodies of
PETER STILBKRG, chief mate,
DuNTT, second steward, and
MRS. HAK, chief stewardess. TIE bod-
les are distorted, howing that death was
caused by violence, and not by drowning.
One of those saved is Mont Colo, from
Tirol. He states that the scenes on the
sinking ship were terrible. The steerage
passengers, stricken with terror, ran
about in wild confusion. The captain
tried his utmost to restore order, but
without effect. The passengers
RUSHED FOR THE BOATS,
and 1t was with the greatest difficulty
that the officers could keep them from
jumping into and sinking them. Colo
was in the water two hours, and when
taken out was greatly exhausted. After
the vessel sunk the cries Of persons in the
water could be heart for long time.
George Moore, one If the passengers,
states that when the crash occurred q
general rush was made for the deck. "I
was told that nothing serious had hap.
pened," he said, "but I secured life
belt. There were six English psssen-
gers on the vessel, and one of these, 3
girl, asked US to keep in group, that the
English might go down together. When
the schooner sank the cries were heart
rending. The captain of the Ebro, the
rescuing vessel, behaved nobly. He had
all his deck-load of timber thrown over
board, and this judicious act saved many
lives. Only two of the Scbolton's iboats
were lowered. The others
COULD NOT BE CT ADRIFT.
The vessel tilted over so much that all
the boats could not be dropped into the
water. Every body tried to get q place IN
these two boats which had been success
fully lowered. The scare and disorder
prevented many persons from being
saved. The waters were freezing cold.
This fastened the death of many"
Charles Wells of Red Hi /, Surry, says
the life boats appeared as if they had not
been used for long time. They had to
be chopped away with the assistance of